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单词 unimpressive
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Definition of unimpressive in English:

unimpressive

adjectiveʌnɪmˈprɛsɪvˌənɪmˈprɛsɪv
  • Evoking no admiration or respect; not striking.

    her early academic record was unimpressive
    he was a man of unimpressive appearance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These unimpressive statistics are not, however, consistent with some of the rugby seen at Mint Bridge in 2004.
    • But what follows is not a maudlin melodrama, no matter what conclusions you may draw from that surely unimpressive premise.
    • It is an unimpressive record for a city with pretensions.
    • Graphically, for example, it is deeply unimpressive, it barely even bothers with a plot, it has no two-player mode and is too short.
    • The list of failures is long, and deeply unimpressive.
    • She was a clever girl with a passion for books and an urge to write, but her academic achievements at Ripon Grammar School were unimpressive.
    • Hidden away between a popular pub and a disused former bank it is an inauspicious, unimpressive building in the shadows of Aberdeen city centre.
    • Our ordinary politicians may look unimpressive in looks but their abilities to speak make them extra ordinary.
    • But then sometimes when you're upset, you are slightly unimpressive.
    • The Christmas display in Birmingham is well up to its usual unimpressive standards.
    • What do you say, when you discover the unimpressive and slightly alarmed figure behind all the carefully crafted demonizations?
    • She's talking about the faintly unimpressive exit poll results.
    • Sadly, platforms 9 and 10 are in the unimpressive looking suburban section of the station.
    • I wasn't a weekend Goth as such; just a mildly unimpressive one.
    • It is unimpressive, sadly, and littered with shotgun cartridges.
    • The recent track record has certainly been unimpressive.
    • The server interface is unimpressive in appearance, but it is very useful.
    • Americans grumble about British book jackets, English people talk about how unimpressive American Book Jackets are.
    • She emerged among the hot-rod hordes with the plain and unimpressive common license they give to all the ill-mannered drivers.
    • The standard pre-sets are unimpressive, just as they are on other players - you either like the result or you don't.
    Synonyms
    run-of-the-mill, ordinary, middle-of-the-road, average, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday, quotidian, pedestrian, suburban, mundane, mediocre, humdrum, prosaic, lacklustre, unexceptional, indifferent, forgettable, unmemorable, uninspired, unexciting, unspectacular, uneventful, unremarkable, inconsequential, unnoticeable, inconspicuous, characterless, featureless, nondescript, plain, simple, fair, not bad, passable, all right, middling, moderate

Derivatives

  • unimpressively

  • adverbˌʌnɪmˈprɛsɪvliˌənɪmˈprɛsɪvli
    • When stripped of his theoretical armor, he limped along unimpressively in an intellectual no-man's land and didn't, it became apparent, have much to say.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both men started unimpressively and appeared far from certain to have lengthy careers, but they were seen as investments and ones to be nurtured along, and as such a certain leeway was extended their way.
      • Aberdeen are playing unimpressively, but winning.
      • After the Games, he followed his illustrious team-mates into the NBA, but in the 14 years since, he has performed unimpressively in the main.
      • Sweden squeezed unimpressively past Macedonia 1-0 to take a provisional lead in group four.
  • unimpressiveness

  • noun
    • Of course, I took a look at one or two of the files of schools that rejected me and their unimpressiveness brought my ego back down to size.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The roughness and unimpressiveness of the drawing makes the fraud theory more unlikely.
      • Your tales of unimpressiveness in comparing your car to stock cars has become tiresome.
      • Even lowered expectations won't prepare you for the sheer unimpressiveness of this film.
      • It was a combination of this and the unimpressiveness of the graphics.
 
 

Definition of unimpressive in US English:

unimpressive

adjectiveˌənimˈpresivˌənɪmˈprɛsɪv
  • Evoking no admiration or respect; not striking.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But then sometimes when you're upset, you are slightly unimpressive.
    • Graphically, for example, it is deeply unimpressive, it barely even bothers with a plot, it has no two-player mode and is too short.
    • But what follows is not a maudlin melodrama, no matter what conclusions you may draw from that surely unimpressive premise.
    • The server interface is unimpressive in appearance, but it is very useful.
    • It is unimpressive, sadly, and littered with shotgun cartridges.
    • The standard pre-sets are unimpressive, just as they are on other players - you either like the result or you don't.
    • She emerged among the hot-rod hordes with the plain and unimpressive common license they give to all the ill-mannered drivers.
    • The Christmas display in Birmingham is well up to its usual unimpressive standards.
    • Americans grumble about British book jackets, English people talk about how unimpressive American Book Jackets are.
    • What do you say, when you discover the unimpressive and slightly alarmed figure behind all the carefully crafted demonizations?
    • It is an unimpressive record for a city with pretensions.
    • The list of failures is long, and deeply unimpressive.
    • Hidden away between a popular pub and a disused former bank it is an inauspicious, unimpressive building in the shadows of Aberdeen city centre.
    • These unimpressive statistics are not, however, consistent with some of the rugby seen at Mint Bridge in 2004.
    • Our ordinary politicians may look unimpressive in looks but their abilities to speak make them extra ordinary.
    • I wasn't a weekend Goth as such; just a mildly unimpressive one.
    • The recent track record has certainly been unimpressive.
    • Sadly, platforms 9 and 10 are in the unimpressive looking suburban section of the station.
    • She was a clever girl with a passion for books and an urge to write, but her academic achievements at Ripon Grammar School were unimpressive.
    • She's talking about the faintly unimpressive exit poll results.
    Synonyms
    run-of-the-mill, ordinary, middle-of-the-road, average, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday, quotidian, pedestrian, suburban, mundane, mediocre, humdrum, prosaic, lacklustre, unexceptional, indifferent, forgettable, unmemorable, uninspired, unexciting, unspectacular, uneventful, unremarkable, inconsequential, unnoticeable, inconspicuous, characterless, featureless, nondescript, plain, simple, fair, not bad, passable, all right, middling, moderate
 
 
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